Time teaching device



Jan. 3, 1950 ab.. H. HA'rHAwAY 2,493,138

TIME TEACHING DEVICE Filed Nv. 8, 1947 if Kldamock y 0f n i f ff :z-f; W or; if@ 2/ 9A/25,45% /74 HAM/Army' INVENTOR.

Patented Jan. 3, 1956 UNITED STATES PAT ENT cereales "ICHNG DEVICE Barbara H1 Htlway, Hollywood, Calif". Application Ncvemlier s, 1947, serial No. 784,824

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The present invention' relates to-l eduatiqnaldevices, and its primary object toproy'iide a' new method and means for teaching children` to" read' time, by combining the edocationajiprjoeess' with an entertaining pastime; so that' thev clilds" interest in the proceedings is stimulated and sustained. In the practice of theinvetor', the relativepcsit'icn's' of the'A clock hands' at eacrihour ofthe day' arev impressed upo'nthe Yciiiliiqs' mind by means of an easily rein'erbre'd jingle' which refersl` to subjectsv orl objectsy illustrated adjacent the hour' numerals onKA tlieface or' a" specially designed nursery clocl. V I

The invention makes use ofc the" wellf-knwn fact that the' average' child is entertained by hearing and repeatingv simple` jingles@ Hablit familiar subjectsor o'lrject's;v of the type' known? asl nursery' rhymes; and quickly rnenloriizes tlieil Accordingly; oneA of the elementsof" the" inv tionis a twelve verse jingle, thefverses or? irl-nichL describe the activ-ities or' experie'no'e'siof s'ne familiar' nurseryv characters; suoli as; Ja'clcv anni Jillat each hour ofthe'` day'. Eacnr verse-refers44 toV` a familiar obje'ctorl subject'g-sncii asa ferrie animal}plaything,-pet, or the'flikegwliohiis tid' inwiththe'hour; andthe time Of dywth'fvvlilll the verse is concerned is-keyedg-as fa'rl a oNs'sibl'g with an a'otivl'yl applp'ra'tfto the lo'l .V

The: second elementi of the iriventierv is'- anurseryclock?4 having' illustrations of# tli'e'-I severali objects or' subjects referred tin-thelvei" "sare" lgd in' a' Circle cc'en'tric with the ll r'f' nierals,` each illustraticii being disnos'edlcl ely" adjacent the hour with-` which itl is asseiated in' the verse. The! two principal charadtesf the-jingle 'are depictedY on the-harids'loff the clock; andi during the recitation of 'the' jingl'tl'ieflaz'idsf may be turned manually to-'the hourlcorlfespnd' ingtothe'verse. Inthis way,` thefchildl"oluicllyassociatesv the position of theA hands? with. tliel h'ourreferred to inthe cor-responding ver'sewadl thus learns to recognize theho'ur of-tl'ief day;I asf indicated by the hands'of the nursery'elock f the invention. Once the'verses'havebeerilnie orized and therelative positions of thehandsfi' each verse have becomeA xed in mir'idthefchilcll` is usuallyI ableto recogniz'ethef relationship between the nursery clock and a conventional clock, and to read the time from the latter with equal a facility.

Other objects and advantages or the invention= As shown in the drawngs; the nursery clock of the invention consists of a at plaque or panel Il having a generally circular top' portion ll, with a depending rectangularportion l2. A circular opening I3 is provided in the center of the top portion Il of the plague,and a clock Id having a cylindrical case I5 is inserted through the opening until itsl face I5"V substantially ush with the outer surface ofthe plaque;` `The clock l is secured to the plaquel in any suitable manner with its crystal I6 anddretaining rim Il projecting slightly from the front face thereof.

Disposed aroundthe outer edge ofl the circular portion Il vofl the plaque adjacent the margin of the clock face,-are twelve illustrations depicting farm animals, playthings pets; and the like, which are referred to in the twelve verses of the jingle used with the clock.l rlhese illustrations are preferably applied as decalcomanias, although they mightalse be printed on paper which is then cementedl to the plaque, or lithographed directly onto the face of the plaque.

The illustrations may beof any desired subjects familiar to A the, average` childi and the twelve subjects;depicted; in the drawings are merely illustrative d f thev general .type which have been found most elective. For example, the illustration adjacent the hournumeral 12 on the clock face is lthatsorua' home. At one oclock is a well;kv at two odlocleisna'-llamb; at three oclock is a pliy; airfcgur oclock is a red Wagon; at five oclock is a duck; at six oclock is a kitten; atseven ocloclg is Bossyf the cow; at eight oclockv is a dogAfRoverHa-tnine oclock is Porky, the pi'ggf` atten voclocl4 is aj little red hen; and at eleven oclckmis "leter4 Rabbit.

Aixed to theliour hand of the clock is a cutout 20 of the principal Vv character of the jingle; in this case being` fJill o`f the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill. A cut-out 2| or "Jack is mounted onv the*I minute hand of `the clock. Both Jack and Jill are preferably, although not necessarily, shown asiseatecl in swingsysince the illustrative jingle whlchvfollows' shortly refers to Jill in several places as beingengaged in swinging. The cut-outs 20 'and 2l may' be made of paper or Celluloid which is cemented to the clockshandsifor the hands themselvesl rnaywbe st'arripedJ out? tothe form shown, and litho-v` graphed; the principalrequirement being thatM the two`f ci'iteouts"*clearV one another when the hands are turned.

lnfthe pref'verreoll form of-thedinveition, the

twelve'versjingl' which goes with theyillustra-A Jill arises, and ends with dinner at six oclock in the evening.

A typical jingle might be:

When Jill swings over old Bossy, the cow- Its Seven oclockand youre up by now! When Jill waves hello to her little dog, Rover- Its Eight by the clockand breakfast is over! Porky, the pig, smiles at Jill, when its Nine- And youre set for play if the weathers ne! By the time Jill meets the little red hen- The mornings half goneand the clock says Ten! Jill swings high at Elevenand so does the sun.

And theres Peter Rabbit to join in the fun! Its Twelve straight up when Jill nally meets J ack- Theyve both come home for a noon-time snack! Its One oclock when Jill reaches the Well- Where grass grows greenin a cool shady dell! The frisky white lamb runs to see Jill at Two And that should be just about nap-time for you! Your nap-time is overthats easy to see.

When Jill meets her ponythe time is Three! Its Four when Jill swings by J acks little red wagon- The suns starting downand the afternoons lagginl When J ills by the pond where the little ducks dive- Daddys on his way- 'cause the clocks struck Five! When kitty greets Jill with a playful "mew mew"- Six oclock dinner is waiting for you! the stem 23. A bracket xed to the top of the casing at the back edge thereof is adapted to be hung on a nail 26 or other suitable projection on the wall. Thus, when the recitation period is ended, the clock can be set to the correct time and hung on the wall to serve as a nursery time pleCe.

While I have shown and described an actual clock in the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is not intended that the invention be limited in this respect, since it might also be desirable to use the same principle in a simpler and more inexpensive device utilizing a dummy clock face with hands which can only be turned manually. In a form such as this, the device would, of course, be used only while reciting the jingle, at which time the hands would be turned by the parent or by the child. Various other changes and modifications may be made Without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A device for teaching children to read time, said device being adapted for use with a jingle having verses describing the activities and experiences of a principal character during twelve successive hours of the day, each hour being associated with one of twelve subjects or objects familiar to the child, said device comprising a clock face, the character or object associated with each hour in said jingle being illustrated adjacent the corresponding hour numeral, and a pair of manually rotatable clock hands at the center of said clock face, one of said hands corresponding to the hour hand of a clock, and having'a representation of said principal character in said jingle reproduced thereon, whereby said one hand can be moved successively from one hour numeral and its respective illustration to the next, during recitation of said jingle, to irnpress on the mind of the child, in an easily remembered manner, the position of said hand at different hours of the day.

2. A device for teaching children to read time, said device being adapted for use with a jingle having verses describing the activities and experiences of a principal character during twelve successive hours of the day, each hour being associated with one of twelve subjects or objects familiar to the child, said device comprising a plaque, a clock having a case mounted in said plaque, the character or object associated with each hour in said jingle being illustrated on said plaque adjacent the corresponding hour numeral of the clock, the hands of said clock having figures mounted thereon representing said principal characters of the jingle, and means on said clock for rotating said hands manually during recitation of said jingle, whereby the character on the hour hand is brought successively to positions opposite the hour numeral and associated subject referred to in each of said verses.

BARBARA H. HATHAWAY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 149,106 Berman Mar. 30, 1948 623,558 Paterson Apr. 25, 1899 2,305,283 Theilkas Dec. 15, 1948 

